More than 100,000 sign petition calling for The Queen to pay for 369million repairs of Buckingham Palace. 

 

10万多英国民众在请愿书上签名，要求女王为白金汉宫支付3.69亿英镑的修缮费。

 

The petition was started after it was announced on Friday that the taxpayer¹ would be funding a 369 million 10-year refurbishing project. 

 

Critics immediately pointed² out that public money was also crucially needed elsewhere, such as in schools and hospitals. 

 

The 38 Degrees petition, started by Mark Johnson, said: "There is a national housing crisis, the NHS is in crisis, austerity is forcing cuts in many front line services. Now the Royals expect us to dig deeper to refurbish Buckingham Palace." 

 

Labours shadow business secretary Clive Lewis told ITVs Peston Show that there were lots of priorities out there and he wouldn't place Buckingham Palace as the highest. 

 

He added: "I think the Queen could contribute quite a bit towards that - she's one of the wealthiest people in the country. Why not?"

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